Thirty million guns.
That’s the number of weapons that BearingArms.com, a Second Amendment rights blog owned by media group Salem Communications, projects Americans could purchase in 2016 should the Democratic presidential push increased gun control efforts as part of the party’s platform.

Patterns

Forex

Since the Aug. 11 surprise devaluation of the Chinese yuan, and the follow-on Aug. 24 “black Monday” Shanghai market sell-off, forex traders have had to be more cognizant of the impact of Chinese currency and Shanghai market movements.

Closing Tick

Whether initiated as regulatory policy, as trial balloons used to test public opinion, as tax policy or at the whim of a politician attempting to right a perceived wrong, legislative and regulatory proclamations coming out of Washington garner the attention of a broad swath of market participants.